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...flurry of curricular changes proposed by the Harvard College Curricular Review all share a recognition that, in today’s society, a basic understanding of global forces—international markets, developing regions, cultural and religious exchange—is a vital intellectual pursuit. This eye towards globalization has helped shape a proposal of general education that emphasizes world cultures and interdisciplinary study. In light of this focus, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) should begin to address what has become one of its most serious deficiencies: the study of South Asia. The study of modern South Asia?...
...could do one thing as UC president what would it be? Establish an extracurricular review to create collaboration across social boundaries...
According to the study, over one-third of the members on Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)—the committees charged with monitoring patient studies at hospitals and research facilities—say they have at least one financial relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. And 42 percent said they didn’t always disclose conflicts of interest...
...light designer “grabbed an axe, chopped up the entire set, and burned it,” he writes. Although he was shocked, Marshall solved the problem the next day by decorating the set with several Union Jacks. Curiously enough, Marshall writes that “every review praised the ‘impressionistic’ set.”Furthermore, a tainted potato wreaked havoc on the cast, crew, and orchestra. “Everyone turned up for the next day’s matinee violently sick with intermittent vomiting and diarrhea,” Marshall recalls...
...perfect weapon for dealing with dangerous scenarios such as riots. It purportedly does no permanent damage and yet completely immobilize its victims. This is how the public perceives them at least and, to our dismay, evidently many users of NLWs share the perception. In fact, however, no thorough medical review of their effects has been carried out, and since the weapon’s most extensive testing was conducted by the company that sells them, human rights groups have questioned the label "non-lethal." Yet even if Tasers pose no risk of death for their victims, at the very least...